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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.incubator.net.faultmanagement.alarm;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.onlab.junit.ImmutableClassChecker.assertThatClassIsImmutable;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+
+public class DefaultAlarmTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testImmutability() {
+        assertThatClassIsImmutable(DefaultAlarm.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the construction of a DefaultAlarm object.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testConstruction() {
+        final String nameValue = "name3";
+        final DefaultAlarm a = new DefaultAlarm.Builder(AlarmId.valueOf(4),
+                DeviceId.NONE, nameValue, Alarm.SeverityLevel.CLEARED, 3).build();
+
+        assertThat(a, is(notNullValue()));
+        final DefaultAlarm b = new DefaultAlarm.Builder(a).build();
+
+        assertEquals(a, b);
+    }
+}